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make sure all DOS shells, as well as any other program that might be using the serial port, is closed! hbdl can't get access to the serial port properly if some other program is using it. Jeffrey, please let us know if that was your problem. -F (29 years ago, 10-Mar-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: downloader for windows
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(...) Did you try using the right mouse button on the link in Netscape? You should get a menu and can use "Save Link as..." to download, rather than view, any files, including .exe. -- ("`-''-/").___..--''"`-._ `6_ 6 ) `-. ( ).`-.__.`) Chad English (...) (29 years ago, 10-Mar-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Higher current Motor Driver
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I saw someone asking about driving higher current motors with the handy board. If you are able to give up two of the four motor outputs you can drive each high current motor with two handy board motor outputs in parallel. This way you can drive up (...) (29 years ago, 10-Mar-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Hi all, Tried the sonytransmit.asm routine with my sony cd/radio and it worked great. Now if I catch my robot playing the stereo... On a side note, when I tried to compile the sonytransmit.asm file using as11_ic, the assembler couldn't find the (...) (29 years ago, 10-Mar-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | hbdl users -- please check in
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If you have tried hdml.exe for Windows 3.1/Windows 95, please send a status report indicating: * what CPU type/speed your PC is; * which OS you are running; * which type of 6811 you tried it on (A series or E series) * did it work for you. Vadim and (...) (29 years ago, 10-Mar-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: hbdl doesn't work?
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Jeff -- what type/clock rate of PC are you using? -Fred (...) (29 years ago, 9-Mar-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | LCD Help
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I have build the board described in my book "Mobile Robots" which is a great book. I just got the board going after realizing it isn't a good idea to assume the pin outs of all 32K x 8 ram chips is standardized :) I was hoping someone could help (...) (29 years ago, 9-Mar-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | hbdl doesn't work?
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I successfully downloaded hbdl (thanks for fixing it, Fred!) and ran into some problems when trying to use it. When I try to download a file to the board, as soon as I click "yes" that the board is ready, the program tells me that the board is in (...) (29 years ago, 9-Mar-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Vadim's Windows downloader
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I moved it to the ic_contrib directory on cherupakha so Netscape will let you download it properly. Sorry for the mistake first time around. -Fred (29 years ago, 9-Mar-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | downloader for windows
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I've also had trouble downloading the new downloader... I think perhaps it's not set up quite right on the web page - the file is viewed on screen instead of saved to disk in Netscape. I'm going to try and get around the problem by using lynx or (...) (29 years ago, 9-Mar-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Hi I cannot download the Windows 6811 downloader. It seems to be in .exe format rather than .zip. Thanx - Arun (29 years ago, 8-Mar-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Windows 6811 downloader
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is now available, contributed by Vadim Gerasimov, an MIT Media Lab student. This will be a boon to users who have been struggling getting the fundamentally broken DLM to work. Get it from the software resources page of the HB web site ((URL) (29 years ago, 8-Mar-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: History
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In your message you said: (...) Check out the version history at (URL) (29 years ago, 8-Mar-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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When was the Handyboard born? (29 years ago, 8-Mar-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Vector 2X compass specs online
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(...) I called Precision Navigation's fax-back service to get datasheets for this device. In case anyone else is interested, I put a copy of the datasheets I received on our web site at (URL) looks like a cool device, although we haven't tried it (...) (29 years ago, 8-Mar-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Handyboard assembly problem fixed
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Dear Fred: No, we went through the assembly following your directions step by step. By the statement " Board OK", I meant that the tests upto the point of downloading pcode (second time with LCD in) tested OK. I did not want to bore the audience (...) (29 years ago, 7-Mar-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Handyboard Kits
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Dear Ram, I have not run into the exact problem which you describe, but I have some ideas which may be beneficial anyway. The first thing I would check is to make sure all the RAM pins are soldered properly. Since DL downloads the code without (...) (29 years ago, 7-Mar-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Handyboard assembly
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Ah, the classic "I built it and it doesn't work" story. Did you follow the incremental building instructions? I take it the answer is no. My suggestion is to pull all of the chips, and run through the series of incremental tests in the building (...) (29 years ago, 7-Mar-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Serial Com. in IC
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yes, it is possible for an ic program to use the serial port. see randy's instructions at (URL) this question was answered and archived in Handy Board e-mail archive. It would be good if people try a quick search through there before posting to the (...) (29 years ago, 7-Mar-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Serial Com. in IC
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Hello folks, I have a group of students involved in an application where a PC needs to send commands to a handy board at certain instants and receive feedback from the handy board. The handy board is involved in motor control according to the (...) (29 years ago, 7-Mar-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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